[10/17 09:00] Anthropic studies its own workforce; junior share of technical hires fell from 27% to 9% / South Korea's deepfake sex-crime reviews top 17,000 in eight months, beating last year's total

AI News Flash for October 17, 2026 at 09:00 UTC.

Topics: 1. Anthropic studies its own workforce; junior share of technical hires fell from 27% to 9% https://www.anthropic.com/research/employment-at-anthropic 2. South Korea's deepfake sex-crime reviews top 17,000 in eight months, beating last year's total https://en.sedaily.com/society/2026/10/17/deepfake-sex-crime-reviews-top-17000-in-eight-months 3. Google launches Universal Cart across Search and Gemini in the US; big retailers offer only select checkout https://startupfortune.com/googles-universal-cart-goes-live-and-retailers-are-already-pushing-back/ 4. China Meteorological Administration puts Fengqing AI ensemble forecast system into operation https://pandaily.com/cma-fengqing-ai-global-ensemble-weather-forecast-system-v1-0-operational-11-day-skill 5. Kuaishou launches Kling 4.0 video model with 30-second single-pass generation https://macaubusiness.com/kling-ai-officially-launches-next-generation-kling-4-0-raising-the-bar-for-professional-grade-video-models/